Sonic Immersion
2025-03-09 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
with Sasha Bogdanowitsch

Registration deadline January 20th

BIPOC pay-what-you-want

*Reach out if money is a barrier

Come experience a multi-instrumental Sound Bath with composer-performer and Loom Ensemble co-founder, Sasha Bogdanowitsch. This full body listening experience will draw from Sasha’s extensive instrument collection of original and global winds, strings and percussion and his background of intensive musical studies of the world’s musics from countries such as India, Indonesia, Europe, the Middle East and the Americas. Sasha will couple this with his unique vocals and live looping to create an ever evolving sonic tapestry that will immerse the listener in resonance and overtones; aiding all in their own sonic journey, relaxation, stress reduction, and/or meditation.

Participants will be free to recline (savasana pose), sit or stand as needed. Some yoga mats and blankets will be provided but please bring whatever materials you need to feel warm and relaxed.

Everyone, all bodies, all experience levels are welcome in this class.

REGISTER IN ADVANCE

Contact Improv Sundays @ WildHeart
2025-03-16 16:00 - 18:30, 2025-04-06 16:00 - 18:30, 2025-04-20 16:00 - 18:30
Contact Improv Sundays @ WildHeart

First and Third Sundays

4:00-6:30pm (2nd and 4th Sundays in Kingston!)

BYO dinner for a studio-floor picnic afterward

CI Lab 4-5pm (with rotating teachers)

Open Jam 5-6:30pm

Register in advance

Or if you prefer to pay cash at the door, send us an email to let us know you’re coming, so we can help you find your way to the studio.

Overnight guests welcome (with advance notice). Let us know if you want to make a longer visit to WildHeart… email contact@wildheartcenter.art

Weeks that we’re not Jamming @ WildHeart, Hudson Valley Contact Improv continues in Kingston. Email Hudsonvalleycontactimprov@gmail.com for more on the Kingston Jam

Location- This workshop will take place in the Barn. If you’re coming to WildHeart for the first time, please visit our Directions page for arrival info. Refund policy No refunds, no transfers

5pm (just for today)- Contact Improv Sundays @ WildHeart
2025-03-16 17:00 - 19:30
Contact Improv Sundays @ WildHeart

First and Third Sundays

5:00-7:30pm (2nd and 4th Sundays in Kingston!) – Later timing only for today

BYO dinner for a studio-floor picnic afterward

CI Lab 5-6pm (with rotating teachers)

Open Jam 6-7:30pm

Register in advance

Or if you prefer to pay cash at the door, send us an email to let us know you’re coming, so we can help you find your way to the studio.

Overnight guests welcome (with advance notice). Let us know if you want to make a longer visit to WildHeart… email contact@wildheartcenter.art

Weeks that we’re not Jamming @ WildHeart, Hudson Valley Contact Improv continues in Kingston. Email Hudsonvalleycontactimprov@gmail.com for more on the Kingston Jam

Location- This workshop will take place in the Barn. If you’re coming to WildHeart for the first time, please visit our Directions page for arrival info.

Somatic Movement Education Program - Endocrine System Module
2025-03-18 16:00 - 2025-03-25 11:00 | Wildheart, 183 East Road, Wallkill, NY, 05156, United States
ENDOCRINE SYSTEM 3/19 – 3/24/25 (days off 3/21)Arrivals, orientation and welcome dinner 3/18 – morning Departures 3/25/25

The endocrine glands are the major chemical governing system of the body and are closely aligned with the nervous system. Their secretions pass directly into the blood stream and their balance or imbalance influences all of the cells in the body. The glands are the keystone between the organs and the nervous system and between the nervous system and the fluids. They create crystalline psychophysical states through which we are able to experience and understand the universal aspect of self. This is the system of internal stillness, surges or explosions of chaos/balance and the crystallization of energy into archetypal experiences. The endocrine glands underlie intuition and the perceiving and understanding of the Universal Mind.

Vocal Tapestry: Spring Class Series
2025-03-31 18:00 - 19:30, 2025-04-07 18:00 - 19:30, 2025-04-14 18:00 - 19:30, 2025-04-21 18:00 - 19:30

Rise & Shine with Niki
2025-04-01 08:30 - 09:30, 2025-04-08 08:30 - 09:30, 2025-04-15 08:30 - 09:30, 2025-04-22 08:30 - 09:30
Rise & Shine with Niki (in-person or online)8.30-9.30am Tuesday mornings (50 mins)Rise & Shine – Kickstart your day with this class by working with your body & breath. A physical practice that focuses on strength, flexibility, breath and balance through static or linked poses, mandala flows, and challenging ‘peak pose’ flows to bring you into your bodies and onto your mats, leaving you blissfully energized and ready for your day. We will use Hatha & Vinyasa yoga to help improve internal and external stability. While some knowledge of basic yoga asanas can be helpful, it doesn’t matter where you are on your yoga journey, by attending regularly you will benefit from advancing your yoga practice and challenging yourself daily. Join in-person or online. A link to the online class will be sent once you register.$15-25 (BIPOC – pay what you can)

Yin-Restore with Niki
2025-04-02 18:00 - 19:30, 2025-04-09 18:00 - 19:30, 2025-04-16 18:00 - 19:30, 2025-04-23 18:00 - 19:30
Yin-Restore with Niki (in-person or online)

6-7.30pm Tuesday evenings starting November 5th (90 mins)

A Yin/ Restorative practice that uses props & longer holding poses to stimulate the ‘relaxation response’. I aim to hold space for folks and guide them to play with their edge, release control and let gravity do the work. Join in-person or online. A link to the online class will be sent once you register.

$15-25 (BIPOC – pay what you can)

Deep Listening Series
2025-04-03 18:00 - 19:30, 2025-04-10 18:00 - 19:30, 2025-04-17 18:00 - 19:30, 2025-04-24 18:00 - 19:30

Canceled - Prenatal Yoga and Strength
2025-04-07 10:30 - 11:30
Perhaps most importantly, this hour-long class is a time for you to be with your body and your baby during your pregnancy – which can be a busy and full time!

Class will begin and end with quiet, guided time to connect to yourself and the baby. We’ll take time to gently warm up and cool down as this is essential during pregnancy to help prevent injury and create a sense of wellbeing in the body. We’ll do many postures that encourage the body to softly open and relax, easing aches and postural pains. In the middle of class we will make our way through a series of movements from Yoga Asana practice, Ballet Barre, and classic Strength Training to help to strengthen and stabilize the body. Pregnant bodies tend toward looseness as they prepare for birth, so adding strength and stability into the mix is highly beneficial. During this portion, Neva will always offer options to increase or decrease the workload. While exercising during pregnancy (when cleared by a midwife or doctor to do so) can be an important piece of maintaining a healthy body and mind, overexercising can take away precious energy. Neva will encourage each person to work at their own pace, approach their body with kindness and care, and tailor each session to their unique needs. There will also be a time during each class specifically focused on the pelvis and the pelvic floor. This intimate work is vitally important during pregnancy, birth, and post-partum. Having familiarity and comfort working with the pelvis in a supportive way can truly change a birther’s experience of the whole process of bringing new life into the world.

Class will include a variety of props to help offer a well supported practice. Ideally, each session will leave participants feeling calmer, stronger, and more connected to themselves and their baby.

Neva has over 15 years of teaching experience with a combination of ballet barre, yoga, meditation, contemporary dance, acrobatics, and somatics. She has many years of teaching pre- and post-natal embodiment, including training new instructors how to do so. She is the mother of a 3-year-old named Dion and during this series will be in the second trimester with baby #2.

Shake with Niki
2025-04-13 16:30 - 17:30
Shake with Niki (in-person only)

4:30 – 5:30pm Second Sunday of every month, starting November 10th (60-75 mins)

Group Shake – A somatic movement practice during which we will shake to music or sometimes, silence. Shaking, individually but as part of a group to ground us, can be healing as it is a natural way to relieve tension. You may choose to shake standing, seated, lying down or alternating between those depending on what your body needs in the moment. You can choose your own intensity, when to stop or when to keep going as you listen to your own body. While it is important to keep ourselves open to what, if anything, may arise emotionally, please only engage to the degree that you can still care for yourself. This is not a therapeutic space. The practice will start with a demonstration and it will end in silence. Dress comfortably and stay hydrated!

$10-$25

Sonic Immersion
2025-04-13 18:00 - 19:00
Come experience a multi-instrumental Sound Bath with composer-performer Sasha Bogdanowitsch. This full body listening experience will draw from Sasha’s extensive instrument collection of original and global winds, strings and percussion and his background of intensive musical studies of the world’s musics from countries such as India, Indonesia, Europe, the Middle East and the Americas. Sasha will couple this with his unique vocals and electronics to create an ever evolving sonic tapestry that will immerse the listener in resonance and overtones; aiding all in their own sonic journey, relaxation, stress reduction and/ or meditation.

Participants will be free to recline (savasana pose), sit or stand as needed. Some yoga mats and blankets will be available but please bring whatever materials you need to feel warm and relaxed.

The event will last 60 minutes.

Come just for the Sonic Immersion or come early for Shake with Niki, and stay for both.

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Somatic Communication: Relational Intelligence in Contact Improvisation
2025-04-16 16:00 - 2025-04-20 16:00

Cancelled - Yin-Restore with Niki
2025-04-16 18:00 - 19:30

Research Training in Somatic Communication within Ensemble Practices
2025-04-21 09:00 - 2025-04-24 17:00

Canceled: Yin-Restore with Niki
2025-04-23 18:00 - 19:30
